Of course, violence will not end with our combat mission. Extremists will continue to set off bombs, attack Iraqi civilians and try to spark sectarian strife. But ultimately, these terrorists will fail to achieve their goals.

The strongest and most effective force in guaranteeing the long-term maintenance of power is not violence in all the forms deployed by the dominant to control the dominated, but consent in all the forms in which the dominated acquiesce in their own domination.

I remember being in Japan when Destiny’s Child put out ‚Independent Women,‘ and women there were saying how proud they were to have their own jobs, their own independent thinking, their own goals. It made me feel so good, and I realized that one of my responsibilities was to inspire women in a deeper way.

Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory it too good.

Many badly needed goals, like fusion and cancer cure, would be achieved much sooner if we invested more.

Truth is mysterious, elusive, always to be conquered. Liberty is dangerous, as hard to live with as it is elating. We must march toward these two goals, painfully but resolutely, certain in advance of our failings on so long a road.

If you’re not failing every now and again, it’s a sign you’re not doing anything very innovative.

The threat and use of violence is stimulating nuclear proliferation along with jihadi terrorism.

We live in a culture that relishes tearing others down. It’s ultimately more fulfilling, though, to help people reach their goals. Instead of feeling jealous, remember: If God did it for them, He can do it for you.

You never need an argument against the use of violence, you need an argument for it.

To not follow your passion in life is a recipe for failure and unhappiness.

Justice is an unassailable fortress, built on the brow of a mountain which cannot be overthrown by the violence of torrents, nor demolished by the force of armies.

The essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human lives, but of the products of human labor.

If there are dreams about a beautiful South Africa, there are also roads that lead to their goal. Two of these roads could be named Goodness and Forgiveness.

With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

There ought to be one day – just one – when there is open season on senators.

You can’t be afraid to fail. It’s the only way you succeed – you’re not gonna succeed all the time, and I know that.

Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral. I am not unmindful of the fact that violence often brings about momentary results. Nations have frequently won their independence in battle. But in spite of temporary victories, violence never brings permanent peace.

A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder.

Well, I screwed it up real good, didn’t I?

We will naturally pursue our goals on the strength of our own resources, skills and enterprise. But, we know that we will be more successful when we do this in partnership with the world.

Yesterday, December seventh, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan. We will gain the inevitable triumph, so help us God.

The topic of leadership is a touchy one. A lot of leaders fail because they don’t have the bravery to touch that nerve or strike that chord. Throughout my years, I haven’t had that fear.

What’s money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.

Some people want to win races. Other people want to be President of the United States.

Nothing is ever done in this world until men are prepared to kill one another if it is not done.

If thou art a man, admire those who attempt great things, even though they fail.

It takes two to make a murder. There are born victims, born to have their throats cut, as the cut-throats are born to be hanged.

Don’t worry about motivation. Motivation is fickle. It comes and goes. It is unreliable – and when you are counting on motivation to get your goals accomplished, you will likely fall short.

My work is about my life, and what I want to do with it.

When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank.

Almost half of the population of the world lives in rural regions and mostly in a state of poverty. Such inequalities in human development have been one of the primary reasons for unrest and, in some parts of the world, even violence.

Hatred is something peculiar. You will always find it strongest and most violent where there is the lowest degree of culture.

Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.

We will stand up for our friends in the world. And one of the most important friends is the State of Israel. My administration will be steadfast in support Israel against terrorism and violence, and in seeking the peace for which all Israelis pray.

The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.

As a tactic, violence is absurd. No one can compete with the Government in violence, and the resort to violence, which will surely fail, will simply frighten and alienate some who can be reached, and will further encourage the ideologists and administrators of forceful repression.

The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.

There is no innovation and creativity without failure. Period.

The use of the atomic bomb, with its indiscriminate killing of women and children, revolts my soul.

Every man who attacks my belief, diminishes in some degree my confidence in it, and therefore makes me uneasy; and I am angry with him who makes me uneasy.

When you think of the sort of things that happen when a genocide happens, it’s again not people who are intrinsically evil.

Opera happens because a large number of things amazingly fail to go wrong.

One day, I want to make a PG film.

No matter what cause one defends, it will suffer permanent disgrace if one resorts to blind attacks on crowds of innocent people.

Egos are never nice. I have been a victim of it a lot of times in my career. Whenever I have used it, I have failed.

Why should anybody be interested in some old man who was a failure?

Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended.

I’m just hoping that people understand that Islam is peace and not violence.

My goals are so high that I don’t have time to relax in any way, shape or form.

The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States – and war is what they got.

You can’t build a plot out of jokes. You need tragic relief. And you need to let people know that when a lot of frightened people are running around with edged weaponry, there are deaths. Stupid deaths, usually. I’m not writing ‚The A-Team‘ – if there’s a fight going on, people will get hurt. Not letting this happen would be a betrayal.

Confusion of goals and perfection of means seems, in my opinion, to characterize our age.

The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be avoided; but never hit softly.

Happiness is a ball after which we run wherever it rolls, and we push it with our feet when it stops.

Violence has been Nicaragua’s most important export to the world.

The most violent appetites in all creatures are lust and hunger; the first is a perpetual call upon them to propagate their kind, the latter to preserve themselves.

The deliberate and deadly attacks which were carried out yesterday against our country were more than acts of terror. They were acts of war.

The dropping of bombs on people – isn’t that terrorism?

Well, I think that there’s a very thin dividing line between success and failure. And I think if you start a business without financial backing, you’re likely to go the wrong side of that dividing line.

The world is too violent right now.